Grand jury: El Dorado County improperly waived building fees

Chad Lundquist / Nevada Appeal / Jason Tyndall, 33, inspects the remains of his home on Lake Tahoe Boulevard on Tuesday in South Lake Tahoe. Tyndall's home was one of the first to be hit by the Angora fire, which has burned more than 3,000 acres.

A mid-year El Dorado County grand jury report suggests the county’s Board of Supervisors has improperly waived fees for building permits on more than one occasion in recent years.

Ben van der Meer | 2014-04-11

... In studying the fees waived between 2009 and Oct. 3, 2013, the grand jury found three examples of permit fees waived with no justification in the county’s policy for doing so.

They included one for grading and asbestos dust mitigation when fees already paid were reimbursed, one for building a wheelchair access ramp for a homeowner whose teenage son was severely injured, and large-scale waivers of fees for property owners who lost structures in the 2007 Angora fire.